PMID- 33336053 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220419 IS - 2391-5463 (Print) IS - 2391-5463 (Electronic) VI - 15 IP - 1 DP - 2020 TI - Glial cell induced neural differentiation of bone marrow stromal cells. PG - 954-961 LID - 10.1515/med-2020-0229 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) have an important application prospect in the field of cell therapy for various neurodegenerative diseases, and inducing factors that regulate BMSC differentiation are proposed as a promising therapeutic strategy. In this study, we explored the effect of glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) on the course of BMSC differentiation. METHODS: BMSCs were isolated from rat bone marrow and induced by GDNF. The effects of GDNF on BMSC viability and proliferation were verified by cell counting kit-8, MTT, bromodeoxyuridine, and flow cytometry assays. Neuronal differentiation from BMSCs was detected by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and immunofluorescence via measuring the expression of several neural specific markers. RESULTS: Compared to untreated BMSCs, GDNF induced the differentiation of BMSCs into neuron-like cells and enhanced the expression levels of neuronal markers including nestin and NCAM. Moreover, the expression of SCF was suppressed by GDNF stimulation. CONCLUSION: GDNF could elevate the differentiation of BMSCs into neuron-like cells and could be considered as an effective candidate cell for future neuroscience research. CI - (c) 2020 Qiang Ma et al., published by De Gruyter. FAU - Ma, Qiang AU - Ma Q AD - School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dalian University of Technology, No. 2 Linggong Road, Dalian 116023, Liaoning Province, China. AD - Department of Neurology, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian 116001, Liaoning Province, China. FAU - Cai, Ming AU - Cai M AD - Department of Neurology, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian 116001, Liaoning Province, China. FAU - Shang, Jing-Wei AU - Shang JW AD - Department of Neurology, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian 116001, Liaoning Province, China. FAU - Yang, Jun AU - Yang J AD - School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dalian University of Technology, No. 2 Linggong Road, Dalian 116023, Liaoning Province, China. FAU - Gu, Xin-Yi AU - Gu XY AD - Department of Neurology, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian 116001, Liaoning Province, China. FAU - Liu, Wen-Bo AU - Liu WB AD - Department of Neurology, Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital of Dalian University, Dalian 116001, Liaoning Province, China. FAU - Yang, Qing AU - Yang Q AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4789-430X AD - School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Dalian University of Technology, No. 2 Linggong Road, Dalian 116023, Liaoning Province, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200930 PL - Poland TA - Open Med (Wars) JT - Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) JID - 101672167 PMC - PMC7712328 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Alzheimer's disease OT - bone marrow stromal cells OT - cell therapy OT - glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor OT - neuronal differentiation COIS- Conflict of interest: None. EDAT- 2020/12/19 06:00 MHDA- 2020/12/19 06:01 PMCR- 2020/09/30 CRDT- 2020/12/18 05:53 PHST- 2020/02/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/08/23 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/08/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/12/18 05:53 [entrez] PHST- 2020/12/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/12/19 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/09/30 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - med-2020-0229 [pii] AID - 10.1515/med-2020-0229 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Open Med (Wars). 2020 Sep 30;15(1):954-961. doi: 10.1515/med-2020-0229. eCollection 2020.